November 21, 201015 yr Having lived in Leigh for over 25 years, the district i live has for donkeys years always been called "Red City." Does any Bolton neighborhood have something similer ?
November 21, 201015 yr Author Darcy Lever was/is known as "Dolly Tub City" My mate in Whitefield says Radcliffe is known has " Dog Shit Valley"
November 21, 201015 yr tonge moor........idiot moor halliwell..........pakiwell ladybridge............jam butty estate
November 21, 201015 yr always called the estate behind Prince Rupert pub in g/lever white city. as all the houses are white.
November 21, 201015 yr Being a teen in Tyldesley, this area was always called "The Jig" Weren't that down the bottom end of Shuttle St.
November 21, 201015 yr Where i grew up was brangy. Where i live now is the Dickie Bird estate, nowt to do with the legendary cricket umpire just every street is named after a breed of bird.
November 21, 201015 yr With Athy and Tyldesley being Bents and Bongs (Bents after Chowbent - an area of Atherton and Bongs meaning (Banks) hill (Tyldesley is partly built on a 45 dgeree slope - see pic above) LW... never heard of Red City - where is that?
November 21, 201015 yr flower estate in farnworth, because of street names Bird estate on Highfield, too.
November 21, 201015 yr Author Weren't that down the bottom end of Shuttle St. It was just before you got near the Mort Arms on your left coming from Sale Lane. Went in a lads house down that Street, scruffiest gaff ever, curtains for doors, tons of kids and puppies playing on a busted sofa, and loads of odours i have never come across before. I never went back.
November 21, 201015 yr Author With Athy and Tyldesley being Bents and Bongs (Bents after Chowbent - an area of Atherton and Bongs meaning (Banks) hill (Tyldesley is partly built on a 45 dgeree slope - see pic above) LW... never heard of Red City - where is that? Manchester Rd estate near the cemetary. Used to have a team in the Leigh Football League called Red City in the 60s.
November 22, 201015 yr I call the residence of Horwich 'Pig-Chasers' because apparently the name comes from when the locals hunted wild boar for food
November 22, 201015 yr always called the estate behind Prince Rupert pub in g/lever white city. as all the houses are white. That estate is called "Concrete City" or just "Concrete" to the fine citizens of Morris Green Village.......
November 22, 201015 yr gotta ask, WHY? Haha, was just gonna say that. oooof, it used to be dodgy up there!
November 22, 201015 yr That estate is called "Concrete City" or just "Concrete" to the fine citizens of Morris Green Village....... I used to clean windows on that estate many years ago, we called it 'white estate'
November 22, 201015 yr Blackrod - Dirtrod (speaks for itself) Horwich - Slabtown (not a clue) Westhoughton - Cowheads (you know the story)
November 22, 201015 yr Where i grew up was brangy. Where i live now is the Dickie Bird estate, nowt to do with the legendary cricket umpire just every street is named after a breed of bird. i think its more to do with the fact that a lot of the residents are in and out of jail like a dicky bird.
November 22, 201015 yr i think its more to do with the fact that a lot of the residents are in and out of jail like a dicky bird. How's that?
Having lived in Leigh for over 25 years, the district i live has for donkeys years always been called "Red City." Does any Bolton neighborhood have something similer ?